Love Incubus! I used to attend the HFSestivals in DC for a now-defunct and seriously missed radio station. Incubus was there quite often, and even set the stage on fire during Megalomaniac. Classic! :)

I listen to metal, my favorite being progressive metal, but I have a few guilty pleasure bands that are thrash/black/death screamy music like Children of Bodom and Arsis. I think in the end I find metal a release of tension and stress.

I love these kind of threads, great opportunity to check out some great music. My musical tastes are wildly eclectic, I think I could list a couple of pages worth of the types of music and bands, and still not list half of them. Thank the gods for sites like Pandora and Youtube, otherwise I would of gone crazy without being able to buy music.

The only genre I have not found anything I like: Opera. And trust me…..I’ve tried.

Classical: When I am in the mood to appreciate it, has to be the kind that fills you up, electrifies. Like 1812 Overture, Ride of the Valkries, The Planets.
Folk Music from all over the world: (Though not many distinct favorites right now. Have not listened to a bunch, with exception of Celtic, but that will be a separate category.) Russian, Greek, Middle Eastern, Polish, and of course Fusion. (Where different styles of music/instruments are played together.)
Celtic/Celtic Rock: Emerald Rose, Gaelic Storm, The Popes, Flogging Molly, Slaid Cleaves, (Don’t know if he would be classified as Celtic, but most people I know that like Celtic, end up liking him when I play the one cd I have of his.) Blaq Lily. High Kings, Celtic Thunder. I don’t listen to much Celtic anymore due to listening to it almost solidly (occasionally punctuated with other stuff for over 10 years.)
Dead Can Dance-(Fusion group, plenty of Mid East influences.)
Folk Rock-(Grew up on Folk Rock, so this is kind of a standard go-to-music in just about any mood.) Ok traditional: Peter, Paul, and Mary, Simon and Garfunkel. Some Kingston Trio. Joni Mitchell (Case of You being my #1. Fave song.)Mamas and Papas, Buffalo Springfield, (Namely For what it’s Worth.) Everly Bros. The Association Cat Stevens, (Morning has Broken.)James Taylor, Carly Simon. Newer: Dar Williams.

Unclassified but associated with Folk, (to me that is.) John Denver, Jim Croce, Moody Blues, Mike Oldfield Band, Magna Carta (Only discovered the last two thanks to a music thread on another site. In the last 2-3 years.)Peter Gabriel. Gaia Consort, Craig Olson, Jimmy Buffet (Come Monday. I cannot stand listening to Margaritaville anymore.)

Heavy Metal: When I think of heavy metal, I think of bands like Metallica, not the screamy/growley stuff. I appreciate the energy in it, but can’t stand listening to it. There are however a few exceptions and groups who don’t scream/growl. The Gathering, Hammerfall, Within Temptation, Lacuna Coil, Vanadis, Arkona, (Some of these bands would be classified as Folk Metal…a concept I find really cool.) Nightwish, Omnia, Eluveitie. Inkubis Sukkubus. Zeeza (Points of Five.)

Rock: Pink Floyd, Alchemy VII, Coven, Tom Petty, Genesis, Phil Collins, Mike and The Mechanics, Grace Slick, (with Airplane and Starship.) Some Rolling Stones, (Paint it Black. and I like Inkubus Sukkubus’s remake.) Sam Cooke (Wonderful World, Chain Gang, Cupid.) Some Beach Boys, (Never been a huge fan, but have found myself liking a few of their songs.) Eric Clapton, The Beatles. (Again, never been a huge fan, but I appreciate them more now.) Sting, (with and without The Police.) some Rod Stewert, Bryan Adams. Bob Seger, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dan Fogelberg. Gordon Lightfoot, (If you could read my mind….I kind of like the 90’s remix of it, but only in a club.)

As a professional musician (Harpist/singer/songwriter, electric & acoustic, I play classical, jazz, rock, originals, & other stuff), I listen to all kinds of stuff. In the morning its Pandora “Calm meditation”. During the day, I have students, so I listen to them while sipping & teaching, mostly classical & Irish. Later it might be jazz, classic rock, or whatever, just depending on my mood.